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Diaz talks kicking game, injuries, and missed tackles after GT loss

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orange&green84 said:
I've never been more proud of this fanbase, that's the only bright spot in the season. A majority of fans recognize that Diaz is in way over his head and recognize through his BS period. And we also recognize that Blake James is a larger part of the problem than Diaz himself. Job well done, gents!
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Bro, I'm so psyched about it my self. Finally the fan base is going after the crappy ADs n BOT.
 
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tcgrad1014 said:
I disagree with your Baxa comment. He's Feagles bad. He sucked in highschool too. Not salvageable.
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Except the fact he missed three FGs all year last year. Yeah, he's hit 5-10 this year, but that's still 50%. 50% of 3 is 1.5. I don't think he misses all three, even using the blind squirrel finds a nut metric.

Something is up with him, for sure, but he hits one of three.
 
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He should not be giving this team false narratives such as they are four plays away from 7 - 0. These know he is full of crap as does the press, alumni and fans. He sounds in over his head every time he speaks to the media.
 
Stefan Adams said:
After falling in OT to Georgia Tech this weekend, Miami head coach Manny Diaz addressed the mindset of the team in his Monday afternoon presser.

“Obviously still disappointed in the result on Saturday,” Diaz said. “The team came in yesterday, we had a good practice last night. We had a good meeting where we kind of assessed where we were, and what’s going on, and the things that we believe in. I think we feel confident that we’ll be able to put that performance behind us and play much better this weekend against an outstanding Pitt team.”

In their 28-21 victory over UM, Georgia Tech was able to find ways to scrape out a win, while Miami seemed to do whatever necessary to lose. Now at 3-4 and 1-3 in the ACC, the Canes are likely out of the Coastal race and are simply playing for bowl eligibility at this point.

“Here’s what our football team knows: We’re four plays away from being 7-0, and we believe that,” Diaz said. “But we’re not. We understand the mistakes that have got us to where we are. Regardless of what our record says, it’s about what we do today. We have an opportunity to win today. We have an opportunity to win on Saturday.

“We need to learn what it takes to win a football game. Sometimes, that comes down to learning what it takes to lose a football game. Giving up a strip-sack on the first drive of the game. Giving up a fake punt and then giving up a long pass. Those are ways that, in a game that – otherwise, play-by-play – you’re showing off to be the more dominant team… missing three chip shot field goals. That’s how these upsets occur. There’s no hidden formula to that.”

What will it take to turn these close losses into wins for Miami?

“Number one, we have to have the will to persist regardless of the short-term outcomes,” Diaz said. “Number two, as a coaching staff we have to continue to get the execution to win the games. And then, Number three, we have to continue to recruit at a high level to add depth, add players that we need.”

With both Bubba Baxa and Turner Davidson combining to go 0-3 on FG attempts vs. GT, Diaz didn’t rule out using walk-on Camden Price to kick for the Pitt game this weekend.

“We for sure don’t know who will kick against Pitt, but Camden Price is going to be in the mix this week,” Diaz said. “It has been good to have him back and getting more practice, where we feel like he’ll be game-ready to go in.”

While Diaz said it isn’t ideal numbers-wise, he said he would be willing to have two scholarship kickers on the roster and take a 2020 kicker in this class.

“We’ll address our issues,” Diaz said. “Look what it did in the punting game. You play the season out and then address your issues… From my standpoint, you have to understand what your issues are and be working to solve your issues. We’re working as hard as we can to solve our issues… We're aware our kicking issues have cost us. To me, you have numbers you want, but you have to address critical issues."

UM suffered a rash of injuries this weekend, as DeeJay Dallas, Michael Pinckney, and Trajan Bandy all left the game at various points on Saturday. However, Diaz said he did not yet know if the trio would be ready to play for Miami’s upcoming matchup against Pitt, adding that Zach McCloud could possibly see time if Pinckney is not available despite McCloud’s desire to redshirt this season.

“All of that’s coming in throughout the course of the day,” Diaz said. “All of those guys are coming in based off their class schedules on treatments. We’ll meet this afternoon at 3:30 and I may know a little bit more, but probably more tomorrow after practice.”

Diaz also noted he did not have a status update on Jeff Thomas, who missed the GT game with a suspension.

On the OL, John Campbell notably split time with Navaughn Donaldson at LG against Georgia Tech.

“We think John Campbell is getting better, is a guy that can function as a tackle, as a guard,” Diaz said.

Against Georgia Tech, Miami’s run defense collapsed in the second half, allowing the Yellow Jackets to shorten the game and control the clock. A big culprit? Missed tackles and third down deficiencies according to Diaz.

"What we're trying to address is the inconsistent nature," Diaz said. "There are guys lacking attention to detail. That comes back to me, and I have to get it fixed.

“We were so high in the way we target our tackles, that’s usually why we miss our tackles. Defensively we pride ourselves in our ability to tackle… Our tackling was very poor.”
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After all this running of the mouth, the other main thing coach diaz better do is make sure we beat Fsu, NO EXCUSES! If this **** loses to the gaytors and Fsu in the same season, that's grounds for impeachment. No way he can let taggart wax his *** after this:


No way he can lose to the tag man, even though ole willie got way more headcoaching experience than him, I DONT CARE, its actually a comical game, 2 ****'s headcoaching at schools they always dreamed about coaching playing or coaching at, and right now, both of them know this aint what its suppose to look like, although coach diaz does have the most upside out of the 2 in my opinion, cause once i seen coach taggart put his 1st first staff together, when he hired harlon barnett as his d-co, a big 10 minded and groomed d-co, i knew he didnt know what he was doing with that clown move. Coach diaz on the other hand, coach richt in 3 short years left coach diaz with alot of talent, and right now, the coordinators he chose are not getting it done. We'll see who wins the "this is not how its suppose to look" bowl game, will it be coach taggart, or the video technician.

But i can tell you right now, it aint looking good if its coach taggart vs baker or briles. Coach diaz better be all in on the defense come that game. Otherwise, bring in the pirate, NOW!

 
AutoCANE said:
That comes back to me and I have to get it fixed. Gee where have I heard that before?
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LOL. Two days ago we were complaining that he wasn't taking accountability.

Now he very explicitly takes accountability, multiple times throughout the interview, and we're complaining about that.

Geez you guys are emotional. You're upset that your team lost, and are looking for places to direct your anger. Why can't people just say "I am unhappy with the 4 hours of football on Saturday"?
 
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Once&FutureCane said:
He should not be giving this team false narratives such as they are four plays away from 7 - 0. These know he is full of crap as does the press, alumni and fans. He sounds in over his head every time he speaks to the media.
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You're right. The team is not 4 plays away from 7-0.

They are probably 6-7 plays away from 7-0. 1 play vs. UF, 1 play vs. UNC, 2-3 plays vs. VT, and 1 play vs. GT.

UF outplayed us and we were lucky to only lose by 4. But we outplayed UNC, VT, and GT. We also outplayed CMU and UVA, but both of those teams had shots to beat us. Realistically we should be 4-3 or 5-2.
 
ALLoverCANE said:
You're right. The team is not 4 plays away from 7-0.

They are probably 6-7 plays away from 7-0. 1 play vs. UF, 1 play vs. UNC, 2-3 plays vs. VT, and 1 play vs. GT.

UF outplayed us and we were lucky to only lose by 4. But we outplayed UNC, VT, and GT. We also outplayed CMU and UVA, but both of those teams had shots to beat us. Realistically we should be 4-3 or 5-2.
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Respectfully, this is the most irrelevant post of all time. We're 3-4.
 
Tetragrammaton Cane said:
Disagree. If you’re going down the woulda/coulda/shoulda then it’s 7-0, 6-1 because had Florida played Trask instead of Frank’s their offense runs better; however, Miami didnt look like a bastion of great coaching against UFeither.

Manny needs to not look at this in terms of wins and losses but what does 7-0 mean.

Alabama and PSU are both ranked within the top 10 and are 7-0. Baylor SMU in Minnesota are also 70 now and are ranked below the top 13 - which means … their 7-0 doesn’t mean ****. #TNM is supposed to mean top-10, not 15-20 - and right now a ranking of any sort would be a gift.

Florida Auburn and Georgia I have one loss and rank within the top 10 after seven games. That’s what a one last Miami team is supposed to look like. Top-10.

This is not about kicking, it’s not about effort, this is not about players heart, It’s not even about James and/or the BOT, this is not about anything other than coaching.
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Hmm, I don't think I get your point on the 7-0/6-1. You can't expect to win every close game. Close games are toss ups. So if we've played 5 or 6 close games, you would expect us to have won 3-4 of them, and have a 4-3 or 5-2 record.

"What does 7-0 mean" is a good question. Our 7-0 would mean we are likely in the 15-20 range, you are right. I don't think the TNM means top 10 this year. That's extremely unrealistic, and no one outside of Miami expected that this year.

Fully disagree on the kicking part. It's historically bad. It's not subpar, like our WR play, it's historically bad. It's like a team shooting 40% from the FT line. You can't just look the other way on that.
 
You are what your record says you are. Our FG kickers need a psychiatrist at this point. Defense gave up 7 in regulation and the TD in OT. How about we start with a lead this week instead of bonehead plays to start every game. Enos, for Gods sake, scheme better to get mismatches because if you don't it's only because you don't know how.
 
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CanesLifer2 said:
Yo he needs to stop with this “we’re 4 plays away from being 7-0 BS” even if those 4 plays happened, this team is still poorly coached and playing like garbage, fan base would still be unhappy because we see this for what this is.
Also, those 4 plays didn’t happen. So stop saying it, we’re 3-4, face it manny.
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I just wanna say that if he thinks we’re 4 plays away from being 7-0, then he’s out of touch w reality. We are 4 plays away from being 1-6.

If Perkins saw a WIDE, WIIIIIIDE open WR in the end zone on their last drive, we lose.

If CMU WRs didn’t drop 2 passes on their last drive, they may have punched it in for a game winning score.

That statement made me so angry, I laughed out loud.
 
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Tetragrammaton Cane said:
The only reason why the games are toss ups are because the team is poorly coached. Follow? So, your hypotheticals have nothing to do with reality. Zero. Miami shouldn’t be playing CMU to the last possession. THATS NOT A TOSS UP GAME! Miami shouldn’t be playing a rebuilding GT in OT. THAT’S NOT A TOSS UP GAME. UVA and FLORIDA were the toss up games, the other 5 were not and shouldn’t have been. Understand that first and your foray into thought experimentation might apply.

I disagree, TNM definitively means that a 7-0/6-1 is treated on the level of an SEC 7-0/6-1 and not on the level of SMU or Minnesota.

Y’all are obsessed with history when it doesn’t apply. Good coaches change history, they make history. History only matters when you’re using the exact same variables. Kicking on this team is a single component of why Miami is losing - and it’s the leat important component to people paying attention to what they’re seeing.
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LOL. Ok, I guess you are the one who "definitively" decides what TNM means. I won't argue that, since you are the "definitive" authority, apparently.

You have a weird definition of a toss up game. My definition of a toss up game is, you know, a game that was a toss up in the real world, based on the final score and the flow of the game.

Your definition of a toss up game is what should have been a toss up game...I guess? That's pretty meta.

No need to respond, unless you want to yell at a stranger on the internet, in which case, by all means feel free. This has taken an uninteresting turn so I won't be replying in either case.
 
AG2 said:
Spoken like a true Corch
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Facts. All this chit sound like Golden all over again.

I would have much respect for Diaz if he said something to the effect of “this season has definitely been a disappointment compared to what our goals were to start the season. We’ve missed on some goals, but I let the guys know we have other goals that’s still in reach. Me and my coaching staff are still learning, but we’re determined to learn and apply each lesson week by week to put this program back to where we know it can be and needs to be.”

Nope, not this guy or this admin. We’re 4 plays away from being 7-0 and it’s OK knowing we’re not going to win every game.
 
Diaz has totally lost me. He was NOT ready for this job. Another very bad hire for UM. But we all know that. Just sucks
 
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